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I used to believe the saying "It's a dog eat dog world" was really "It's a doggie dog world".

GrantJ

If you're from the Northeast USA, you may remember the chain-store Caldor (also called Caldors). Well, until I was about 6, I thought that the name was Cow-Doors. I was always looking for those cows.

My friend, whose last name is Hanlon, thought that her name was Hamlon until she learned to read and write. You know...like ham.

Amy

Up until I was in 7th grade I thought you said blesh you when someone sneezed instead of bless you. I still say blesh instead of bless and I doubt I'll ever stop.

Anon

one time when i was about 5, i asked my dad if you could only say a certain number of words in your life! I thought there was likea certain number of times you coudl say each word, like you could say your own name a million times before you died, but you could only say your best friends name half of a million times. After you used up all your times for saying a word you were never allowed to say it again.

Anon

When I was younger, I thought that some how the Spanish people could speak German, and vice versa, for some weird reason.

Sunshine

when i was about 6, my mum told me a joke. it was 'how many letters are in the alphabet.....25 because the angel said no L ' i never used to get it so i used to go around saying 'cos the angel took away the g'

abi

I used to think that the word ornament was was 'orderment'.

andy

I used to think that it was bad luck to say sweet dreams before someone would go to sleep.

Amy S.

My mum would never let anyone swear around my brothers and me when we were children, and if they did, she'd ask them to apologise to us for it. I learnt to speak very early but had a speech impediment for a few years. One day at pelican crossing, while we were waiting for the lights to change, a large and imposing lady walked up with her dog and ordered it to "SIT!"

Of course I looked up at her from my buggy and told her, "You sould apolodise to me for saying dat."

Daisy K

i used to be convinced that cats were called yaya's and no one could tell me otherwise! no one knows where i picked the word up from i just said it as a baby. i know better now [just]

confuzzled kid

My sister used to pronounce demolish as de-lom-ish.

Anonymous because I suck

I used to believe that people were "human beans" instead of human beings.

J Jones

Nobody in my family has seen The Exorcist so for the longest time, we all thought "The power of Christ compels you" means that the speaker feels compelled to do good because of Christ. The rest of my family still believes that, and I still haven't seen The Exorcist.

Trisha Gaurav

As a child I confused both my parents by asking what Bee Car Bon It Tee was?
Now I am older I know it as Bicarbonate.

Nick

I used to think there was a verb to misle. "He misled me"

david

i used to think "learning" meant stirring in empty pots and pans with other metallic objects; no idea why. i guess that's what the word "lernen" sounded like to me.

tia

When I was a kid, isntead of "bra" i used to say "Boobytucker" and instead of "hamburger" i used to say "hangaburger" :)

Kay

I used to think that "Rape" and "Cape" were somehow one and the same.

J

When I was younger, I thought that Babylon was pronounced "Baby - lon".

Anon

When I was like 10 I read the word hibiscus and I thought it was pronounced hi-buck-shu-us and asked what it was and eventually my sister read what it really was and they still make fun of me now! :(

Katie Lyn